From: Shannon Fang <xrfang@...>
Date: 2002-12-09T19:57:11+09:00
Subject: COM Object Help String ?

Hi

I tried to use WIN32OLE to script Outlook Express in Ruby. But it seems that 
I can't get the class. I used some tool to find out the class I want is 
"OutlookExpress.MessageList". Please see the attached tif (fax 4 format) 
file.
I have the following questions:

1. What is a Help String anyway? I used WIN32OLE_TYPE and it does not show 
outlook express as shown in the picture. In the list of typelibs, I don't 
see any string in "library.class" format. How can I get a list of that 
string (e.g. OutlookExpress.MessageList or InternetExplorer.Browser)? I 
think it is not "help string"?

2. In the tool I used to list the info in the picture, it said that Outlook 
Express is a "DLL Server", is it the reason that it is not listed by 
WIN32OLE_TYPE? How can I use it in Ruby anyway?

Thanks a lot!

Shannon





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